The Poetical Recreations of Mr Alexander Craig of Rose-Craig |
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To a rude and barbarous Boore, vvho vvronged the Author. |
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To a rude and barbarous Boore, vvho vvronged the Author.
Some rude, vnruelie, barbrous Boores there bee,
Chiefe Foes to Phœbus, and the Muses nine;
Will counterfeite Aurantius prowde: for hee
Wrong'd Sanazar, the Poët most divine:
Both Towne and Towre destroyde, in fearce despight,
Faire Mergellina, Sanazars Delight.
Chiefe Foes to Phœbus, and the Muses nine;
Will counterfeite Aurantius prowde: for hee
Wrong'd Sanazar, the Poët most divine:
Both Towne and Towre destroyde, in fearce despight,
Faire Mergellina, Sanazars Delight.
Th'ov'r-partied Poët winked at the VVrong,
And his Revenge remitted to the LORD,
The GOD of HOSTES. Then newes were spread ere long,
Aurantius prowde was vanquisht, kilde, and goard.
Heavens, grant all such a sudden shamefull ende,
That dare presume a Poët to offende.
And his Revenge remitted to the LORD,
The GOD of HOSTES. Then newes were spread ere long,
Aurantius prowde was vanquisht, kilde, and goard.
Heavens, grant all such a sudden shamefull ende,
That dare presume a Poët to offende.
And let their Bodies bee embrewed still,
Till Earth drinke vp their Blood, And loathe their stinke:
At Stix let Charon grant them no good-will,
Till hundreth yeares they byde about that Brinke.
And when their Friends their Epitaph shall reade,
Let it heape Shame vpon their Childrens head.
Till Earth drinke vp their Blood, And loathe their stinke:
At Stix let Charon grant them no good-will,
Till hundreth yeares they byde about that Brinke.
And when their Friends their Epitaph shall reade,
Let it heape Shame vpon their Childrens head.
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